Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound and it's hard to predict where it will ...

As global numbers of space launches relentlessly skyrocket, so, too, does the amount of dangerous space debris that reenters ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Williams wasn’t injured by this mysterious item, which she later learned came from a space rocket—making her the first person ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space ...

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk. As they punch into the ...

The safety concern continues to increase into 2026 as researchers at the University of British Columbia predicted in a study published early 2025 that there will be a 26% chance space debris will fall ...

Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the risk.